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| numerodix Trilingual Hexaglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6783 days ago 856 posts - 1226 votes  Speaks: EnglishC2*, Norwegian*, Polish*, Italian, Dutch, French Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 17 of 29 25 June 2012 at 11:41pm | IP Logged |
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Now this topic I like, it's wonderful.
1 language to fluency. 2 to some sort of intermediate level. And done lots of exploration of related languages from the same language families so much so that I can now read at some level in 12 languages whereas 3 years ago I'd only ever done in 3. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5847 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 18 of 29 26 June 2012 at 5:56am | IP Logged |
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!. I managed to do lots of language study of Turkish and Danish.
2. I made my first experiences with language self-study. I don't favourize self-study but it very useful to do it additionally to a language course. 3. Via the HTLAL - forum and You Tube I found Skype - contacts, mainly with polyglots. 4. Very important for me the exchange with other polyglots on the internet. It feels lonely to be the only one learning many languages. Now this loneliness is gone. 5. I managed to set up my own language blog mainly in Dutch / a bit of English. Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 26 June 2012 at 8:14pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5219 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 19 of 29 26 June 2012 at 8:47am | IP Logged |
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It will be my second anniversary in August
- Got to B2 in Spanish from nearly scratch - still don't think I'm good enough - but now I'm past the point of no return. - Blown the dust off French, Italian both of which are better than Spanish - I can survive a monolingual trip to an Arabic speaking country again - Started actually studying German language rather than just using the phrases I knew. - Had my first foray into a tonal language - Vietnamese - Re-learned to read Russian & first 500 Kanji - Can have a basic conversation about everyday matters in Russian, Swedish, Polish & Hindi (can't read Hindi yet) - taken a course in Linguistics - have a much more relaxed take on the evolution of English - no longer find irritation in the way English is used Most importantly: - Realised I'm not alone - Learnt of a number of techniques and resources to help my study. - Know where to come to find someone who has experienced any problem I am likely to meet. Thanks to all of you. Edited by maydayayday on 26 June 2012 at 9:04am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| vonPeterhof Tetraglot Senior Member Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4772 days ago 715 posts - 1527 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Japanese, German Studies: Kazakh, Korean, Norwegian, Turkish | Message 20 of 29 26 June 2012 at 10:25am | IP Logged |
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I've been here for a little more than six months, and since it was my last semester at uni I didn't have nearly as much time to study languages as I wanted, so my achievements are modest:
-Passed the German exam at my university (IIRC the course description placed its level at B1+) -Discovered and got addicted to Pimsleur: completed the 100 lesson course for German, 90 lesson course for Japanese, 30 lesson course for Norwegian and 10 lesson courses for Lithuanian, Armenian and Indonesian (going to complete Danish today; haven't yet decided what I'll do next) -Thanks to the above I finally got to do some work on my active skills in Japanese and reached something resembling basic fluency (though I still need to talk to actual Japanese speakers to confirm it) -Took a stab at my first ergative and polysynthetic language (Abkhaz) -Learned a lot about the various controversies in linguistics and language acquisition theory -Clarified my language learning goals 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5766 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 21 of 29 26 June 2012 at 10:29am | IP Logged |
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Picked up four more languages. (Not counting dabbles.)
Can read fluently in three more languages. Can understand most conversations in three more languages. Can deal with most everyday situations in one more language. Could deal with many everyday situations in two more languages if I had no other choice. Learnt how to improve languages from conversation/class. Found out how I can work with textbooks. (They're still only a supplement for me, but help me improve, rather than just frustrate me the way they used to.) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5207 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 22 of 29 26 June 2012 at 11:50am | IP Logged |
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Discovered Assimil. The best course for going from beginner to intermediate, and I'd
never have even heard of it if it weren't for this forum. Seen what is possible with self-study and gotten a lot of motivation and useful tips. Gone from false-beginner to a reasonably advanced level in French: a long and hard process which has essentially taught me, as the site's title goes, how to learn any language. While figuring out what works for me personally ultimately came down to much trial and error on my part, this site certainly helped give me ideas, keep me on track, and avoid wasting too much time with useless resources. Gone from beginner to conversational in Italian in only a few months of part-time study - a testament to the improvement of my learning techniques, and further learning about what works for me. And a more humbling one: realised just how massive the difference between conversational and fluent really is, especially compared to that between beginner and conversational. I've always had a lot of respect for anyone who can speak a foreign language well, but going through the process myself and realising just how much time and hard work is involved has only made that respect stronger. 5 persons have voted this message useful | |
| geoffw Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4688 days ago 1134 posts - 1865 votes Speaks: English*, German, Yiddish Studies: Modern Hebrew, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian | Message 23 of 29 26 June 2012 at 9:40pm | IP Logged |
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Since joining 5 months ago, I:
Discovered Assimil, and completed about 100 lessons in French (total = active plus passive). Learned what is and is not realistic in language learning. Learned what my personal style of language learning is. Went from knowing no French to reading books and newspapers--with difficulty, but usually without a dictionary (and understanding some radio and tv). Went from knowing no Dutch to reading books and newspapers--with only a little difficulty, and almost always without a dictionary (and understanding a good bit of radio and tv). Went from reading German with difficulty, usually with a dictionary, to reading almost entirely without difficulty without a dictionary. Went from listening to full-speed German with difficulty to listening almost entirely without difficulty. Went from being terrified and barely getting a few mangled sentences out when trying to speak German beyond basic topics to speaking with relative comfort and fluency on all non-technical topics, and surviving some technical topics. Passed practice Goethe Institut exam reading and listening sections for level C2 (I think my real levels are C1+). Started speaking Yiddish full-time with my toddler. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| zerrubabbel Senior Member United States Joined 4600 days ago 232 posts - 287 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Mandarin | Message 24 of 29 26 June 2012 at 10:09pm | IP Logged |
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since joining, here is what ive done...
- gone from needing Romaji to accomplish anything, to knowing my Kana well, and now have more than 100 kanji to draw upon, - I now know that in a totally Japanese environment, I wont go hungry. - I now have two Japanese books for material (as of right now, one is on its way) - over all, I feel that I have gone from low A1 to a solid A2, while being able to discuss appropriate subjects for that level of skill - I have "tasted" more languages (knowing a few words in the following languages: Mandarin, Cantonese, and Spaninsh.) these are all small, But they are all things I didnt have in the beginning of the year 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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